Four Books on Human Proportion

Multiple artists/makers

1532–34

Not on view

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Title: Four Books on Human Proportion
Artist: Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg)
Publisher: Published by Hieronymus Andreae (German, Bad Mergentheim ca. 1485–1556 Nuremberg)
Translator: Translated by Willibald Pirckheimer (German, Eichstätt 1470–1530 Nuremberg)
Translator: Translated by Joachim Camerarius (German, 1500–1574)
Published in: Nuremberg
Date: 1532–34
Dimensions: Overall: 11 5/16 x 7 15/16 x 1 3/16 in. (28.8 x 20.2 x 3 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: The George Khuner Collection, Gift of Mrs. George Khuner, 1981
Object Number: 1981.1178.12
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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